# Monastery of Las Descalzas Reales

Madrid, Spain

A working convent hiding one of Madrid's richest art collections. Founded in 1559 by a daughter of Emperor Charles the Fifth, it drew royal nuns who brought treasures by Titian and Brueghel. Behind a plain facade wait a frescoed staircase and rooms heavy with gold.

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Coordinates: 40.41806, -3.70639

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